Thursday, April 17, 2014

HFVBT Review and Giveaway: Inscription by H.H. Miller

From Goodreads.com: "The year is 1851 and the
Grand Guard is ravaging Mainland. Arrests. Floggings. Swift executions.
Twenty-year-old Caris McKay, the beautiful heiress of Oakside Manor, is
sent to live with distant relations until the danger has passed. It's
no refuge, however, as Lady Granville and her scheming son plot to get
their hands on Caris's inheritance with treachery and deceit.

Soon,
alarming news arrives that the ruthless Captain James Maldoro has
seized Oakside and imprisoned Caris's beloved uncle. And now he's after
her.

Caris escapes with the help of Tom Granville, the enigmatic
silver-eyed heir of Thornbridge. But when a cryptic note about a hidden
fortune launches them on a perilous journey across Mainland, Caris and
Tom must rely on wits, courage, and their growing love for each other if
they hope to survive.

Filled with adventure, intrigue, and
romance, Inscription will transport you to a historically fictional
world you'll never want to leave."

My Two Cents:

"Inscription"
is a historical fiction tale of love and family. Caris lives with her
bachelor uncle and then is whisked away to a remote small town where her
uncle hopes that she will be safe. It just means that she is at risk
with new issues as there are many scheming to get there hands on her
inheritance. A love affair between Caris and the man who saves her in
many ways also plays at the center of this book. This is a fast read and
will appeal to those that are looking for a little bit of romance with
their historical fiction.

This book is very much character
driven, which I enjoyed but I wish that we would have gotten a little
more insight into the setting and why the fighting was occurring the way
that it was. We just really know that it's going on and that it is
affecting Caris and her uncle's way of life. The setting is very much
background and was a little fuzzy for me. That being said, I really
enjoyed reading about the characters in this book. I especially enjoyed
reading about Caris, the main character. She was a very interesting
heroine for the time period in the book. Her uncle almost treats her
more like a son and really raised her to stand on her own two feet. She
has education like a son would have and is privy to a lot of things that
only men of the time would have been able to be involved in, which I
really liked reading about. I liked reading about how she was able to do
that in a world where women were still supposed to be delicate little
flowers.

I liked the writing of this book overall. I thought that
the characters were well written (I really, really liked Tom and
Caris). Some of the dialogue was a little shaky at first but really
evened out by Part II of the book. I really loved the adventure and
romance aspects of the book! This was definitely an entertaining read!

Giveaway:

Want to win a copy of this book? Just fill out the Rafflecopter form below (U.S. and Canada only)! Can't wait? "Inscription" is a Kindle Countdown Deal. Price started low on Monday (April 14) and increases each day until Friday (April 18). Get it today before the price goes back up!

I am also on the #InscriptionTour, and I was a bit surprised by some of your observations!? For me, I felt the dialogue had such a nice pacing to it from start to finish, and as far as the background on why it was all occurring it was revealed quite early-on in a newspaper article about Tom's nemesis's surrogate father. A classic story of what 'begets begets' until someone is strong enough to stop it. I also felt it was a very vivid setting to be placed, but of course each of us who picks up a book is going to interpret it in our own ways,... I was thinking everyone would hug into this one due to the deft way in which it was writ. Hmm,..

It's good to know that I will probably want to do some historical background reading so I can appreciate the setting fully since you've informed me insufficient contextualization is an issue with this book. Thanks!

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